# Babcock (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/babcock/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 22,016 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,638 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,024 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.1% (21,769 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

A pet form of the Middle English personal name Babb.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Babcock in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Babcock in the United States.

## People named Babcock

- Barbara Babcock, American actress
- Horace W. Babcock, American astronomer (1912–2003)
- Harry Babcock, athletics competitor (1890–1965)
- Tim M. Babcock, American politician (1919-2015)
- Stephen Moulton Babcock, American chemist (1843–1931)
- E. B. Babcock, American geneticist (1877-1954)
- Jimmy Van Heusen, American composer (1913-1990)
- Christiana Carteaux Bannister, American business entrepreneur, hairdresser, and abolitionist (1819–1902)

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.